what did you just say?

I’ll admit when I opened one of my Christmas presents to find a book about the song “Jessie’s Girl” (A Year In The Life Of A Working Class Dog), I was a bit skeptical.    I mean seriously.  An entire book about one song??   Don’t get me wrong, I loooove me some Rick Springfield, but I thought for sure it would be a bit more of a biography or career retrospective.  But guess what?  It was 95 pages about the song “Jessie’s Girl”.    Everything from the inspiration of the song (Randy’s girl) to the photo shoot of his dog for the cover (including his finding the shirt for Ron to wear at a big & tall store because he had an 18″ neck) to making the video for this AND “I’ve Done Everything For You” for a total of $3,000.   Oh, and a discussion of the best use ever of the word “moot” in a song.  They covered it all and interviewed everyone involved with the recording, the touring and promotion of the album and single.  Who knew?  I suppose every hit song has a similar story, but only a few have 95 pages worth.  So take 3 minutes and 14 seconds to go back 25 years to a time when songs started with a scratch of a needle hitting the vinyl….